1963 Triumph Trophy

DU5104

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1963 Triumph TR6 650 Bobber Titled as a 1963, the frame is of 1963 vintage, DU5104, with a period style welded on hard tail. The motor is a 1969 TR6C (KD). The frame neck has not been raked. I’ve brought this bike to several hot rod nights / club displays and it get’s a lot of attention, especially the Rockers, hipsters and old school guys. It has a current clear California title and registration. This is a complete “special”, and was built from the frame up with many period custom parts. New parts include finned primary, electronic Pazon ignition, dual fire coil and Sparx regulator rectifier; new cylinder base nuts and new timing and primary screws. This is no cookie cutter modern Bobber. There are many Vintage custom parts. Some of the chrome is old and there are some pits in the headlight, the head pipe and the oil tank. The tank is late 60’s, the Siamese header pipe is 1957 Tr6, the muffler is 60’s MCM. Currently the baffle is wrapped with fiberglass, but could easily be removed for a bit more bark. As it is, it’s not much louder than a stock Triumph. The large fin header clamps are period 60’s. Oil bag is early custom octagon; the oil cap has a dipstick with a magnet. The headlight is a cleaned up bates, and the tail light is 1940 Ford. The tail light lense is custom cutout from curved tail lens, heated, flattened and reversed. Glass replacement lenses are still available if that’s what you like. The seat is a recovered Bates seat. The front end is off an early 70’s Kawasaki, and it stops like a champ, no brake fading here. The caliper and master cylinder have been rebuilt. Kawasaki aluminum levers and a Wipac light switch. There is no horn. New Avons front and rear. Front is 19x3, rear tire is 16x5. Rear wheel is a standard Triumph hub laced to a 16 inch rim. I chose the 5 inch tire, but a 4.5 would fit as well. Tires look dirty becauseI live on a gravel road which it has been down about 6 times. New chain and sprockets. The motor was built from the ground up. Anything worn was replaced. The crankshaft has new standard rod bearings, the main bearings spec’d out fine. Every passage cleaned; and sludge trap removed and cleaned. New NOS Hepolite 10:1 pistons and rings; and cylinders bored .030 oversize and honed to fit. The shop where I bought the valves said it has the largest valves available for a TR6 / T120 and bronze valve guides. I can’t remember exactly the valve size is. Seats were cut 3 angle with a Neway cutter. Cams and followers are standard 1969. All new gaskets and seals. This motor has approximately 20 miles on it, and after a tankful or so, the head will need to be retorqued and valves adjusted. The timing should also be checked. Because of the 10:1 pistons it will need premium gas, a little octane boost wouldn’t hurt. Because of todays gasoline and the 10:1 pistons, make sure your mechanic has the timing set slightly retarded. With the valves and pistons, it is a bit of a hot rod, so tuning is critical. Many parts have original patina, the tank has two chips and the rear fender has a few scratches on the left side. There is a small dent in the muffler. For overall condition, please look at all the pictures. The chain tensioner was made from a Triumph brake arm and spring. The rear brake pedal looks a bit hazy, but will clean up. I had a black powder coated one on it, but in the end I liked the chrome one better. The black paint job has no clear coat, so if you wanted to change it up it wouldn’t be that hard to respray. The bike sits nice and low, I have a 30 inch inseam and I can straddle the bike and sit down with bent knees. It has nice clearance at lean over. You could lower it about ¾ inch more by simply letting the front fork tubes come up in the triple clamps. The motor starts and idles perfectly, and revs up cleanly. The ignition switch is simple, middle position is off, front position is ignition and lights, and rear position is ignition and brake light. It pulls hard, but I’ve been easy on it because of break in. I really like this bike, looks totally cool, but my lower back just can’t take a hard tail anymore. I started this project 10 years ago when I lived in the city and now I live out in the country. Kinda hard to bar hop out here. Even though rebuilt, this is still a 40 year old motorcycle and no warrantees expressed or implied. If you search completed items for Triumph bobber and take the average for the bikes that have actually sold it comes to about 5800. My reserve is less than that. Usually the following is not a problem, but from past experiences I have to write this down. Some guy from Nigeria wanted my old BSA and was going to send me a check for twice the amount; I had to turn him down. Payment: Full payment must be received before bike is picked up, and checks must clear the bank before pickup. If you are picking up the bike in person, cash is just fine. PAYPAL is fine. No checks of any kind at time of pickup. For bikes to be shipped, as soon as payment clears I will fedex title and registration. Shipping. I will not crate up the bike. I will be available for pickup by a shipper. I used Uship and it worked out very well. You post your request, and several shippers will get back to you with a quote. For me it took one day to complete the whole transaction. Everything from crated, to loose, to the back of a pickup truck. I had a bike shipped to me for under $250 from 1500 miles away. Unless mutually agreed upon, bike must be paid for, and bike picked up within 10 days of close of auction. If not, bike will be considered abandoned, negative feedback and all that. Do not bid unless you are absolutely sure you can complete the deal. If you need to talk to your significant other, now is the time to do so. Thank you for considering my bike. On Nov-17-10 at 15:12:32 PST, seller added the following information: The bike does not have a rear brake light switch. There are bullett connectors if you wish to add one. I rarely use the back brake and always the front, so to me to have a switch and wiring sticking out didn't make sense.